Happy Birthday Millicent Fawcett

To celebrate the birth of renowned British suffragist Millicent Fawcett, on 11 June 1847, whose statue was recently unveiled in Parliament Square, ROSL looks back at an article she penned for Overseas in 1917 entitled 'When we have the vote'.

Our founder, Sir Evelyn Wrench, was ahead of his time in many ways, especially equality, having opened ROSL membership to women from its founding in 1910. In 1917, he introduced a regular column in the Overseas journal called 'From a Woman's Standpoint', which was dedicated to giving voice to the issues affecting women of the day. One of the first authors was Millicent Fawcett, read her article below:

Are you a new member, or do you know anyone who might be interested in joining? If so, come along to our New Members' Reception on Thursday 4 October to find out more about everything that the Royal Over-Seas League has to offer.

2018 marks the 19th year ROSL has returned to Scotland for its annual award-winning series of concerts at the Fringe, but our connection to the Edinburgh International Festival actually goes back much further.